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een the Governet had stressed ho..

important it was to try and do something for Hong Kong. Mr. Royle endorsed this

point and said that is impression had

been that the Governor was bitter about some

of the things that had been said by

ministers kyrtnerconteXS) Mr. Butler

repeated his concern about the timing of

such an operation. He also wondered how

ministers would reply to Opposition.

questions in the House to the effect that

the Government was prepared to reopen

the negotiations for Hong Kong, but not

Cater Britain itself.

4. Mr. Youde said that on 1 January

Would

we started discriminating against Hong Kong. He repeated Mr. Rippon's two undertakings, said how seriously Hors Kong took them and reiterated that the

Prime Minister would be faced with very

embarrassing questions on Hong Kong if

we did not do something about them.

Mr. Robinson said that it was not the

intention & his side of the Office to

ell

sele Hong Kong down the river.

wider considerations.

There were

If we did something

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